Practice Areas
Commercial/Business Law
Some areas in which we can assist you with:
- Disputes between companies, entities, close corporations, as well as the resolution of some;
- Forming of a company;
- Drawing of Memorandum of Incorporation / Memorandum of Association;
- Reservation of company names;
Contract Law
Some areas in which we can assist you with:
- Drafting;
- Disputes arising from contracts;
- Perusal of contracts;
- Performance under compliance contracts.
Labour Law
Some areas in which we can assist you with:
- CCMA and labour court appearances;
- Unfair dismissals;
- Any form of discrimination at the workplace;
- Drafting of employment contracts.
Property Law / Conveyancing
Some areas in which we can assist you with:
- Bonds - Standard Bank, Nedbank and Ithala Bank;
- Drafting and vetting of purchases and sale agreements;
- Sectional title, development and conventional transfers;
- Estate transfers;
- Deed searches;
- Advice to first time home owners on conveyancing process;
- New developments – opening township registers, sectional title registers, sub-divisions and consolidations.
Deceased Estates / Wills
Some areas in which we can assist you with:
- Drafting of wills;
- Winding up of deceased estates;
- Formation of inter vivos trusts.
Debt Collection And litigation
Some areas in which we can assist you with:
- Drafting (section 129 breach notices);
- Issuing summons against debtors;
- Drafting acknowledgement of debt;
- Liquidation processes;
- Sequestrations;
- Negotiations and settlements;
- Warrants of execution;
- Request for default judgement;
- Litigation in High Court and Magistrates Court;
- Bank collections and Body corporate collections.
Arbitrations
Some areas in which we can assist you with:
Alternate dispute resolution
- We attend, engage and facilitate mediations, negotiations and arbitrations;
- The courts have advised most attorneys that alternate dispute resolutions must be considered and negotiations for settlement must be attempted before litigation or instituting legal processes;
- Our clients are always advised of the best route and course of action. Alternate dispute resolution is generally one of the best forums for resolving disputes;
- Alternate dispute resolution protects (for the most part) a working relationship between disputing parties and mitigates animosity between disputing clients.
Family Law
Some areas in which we can assist you with:
- Divorce proceedings;
- Maintenance;
- Protection orders;
- Interim maintenance orders (Rule 43).